production operator

operator

forklift operator

production supervisor

machine operator

SANOH AMERICA INC.

Work-life balance
Work-life balance at Sanoh America is random they choose when you have Saturdays off and Sundays and looking at more then 40hrs a week typically 50+ during summer. Also telling you at last second if you have work during the weekend even though your spouse to have a day notice never do here. Also very hard to get vacation sometimes have to put in vacation literally half a year early just to get some specific days off. Sometimes that doesn't even work.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Sanoh America are alright the health insurance wasn't bad nor was the dentist or other benefits. The pay is a little out of balance but it's not horrible.

Job security and advancement
In terms of job security at Sanoh America, I think this place is a mess there isn't any job security here the time I worked in the place I've seen hundreds of people go in and out of this place and they are constantly changing rolls for people in the office and making new positions that don't last. Lots of new faces every year nobody really stays not a reliable job. Advancement doesn't really exist here unless you been there since the place became sanoh only the long term people from the beginning seem to get the real advancements in the company. If you start out as production you could move up to a fork lift driver or quality or even a team leader but thoughs jobs do not justify what we would call a "Advancement" since you will make a tiny bit more a hour for way more work and stress. So if you are not part of the group that has been there when the company was changed to sanoh you can forget a real advancement from the company.

Management
In general, managers at Sanoh America, managers in sanoh don't know what they are doing half the time most of the time you won't even see them. That's with almost everyone that is in the office it's as if they don't realize that with out the employees on the floor that they wouldn't even have the positions they have. Most of the management act like they are above employees on the floor since like I said with out them they have no job. So I just don't get it.

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Sanoh America is a ton of drama and stress and trying to keep everyone happy people are always trying to know everything about everyone here they do not like keeping to them selfs and if you try to keep to yourself then they will think there is something wrong with you and cause issues for you. Alot of people also act like they like you or are "friends" with you but say stuff behind your back. Also this place is also based on how many "friends" you have and what I mean is if someone doesn't like you they can have others join in and make something up and you will get in trouble even if you did nothing wrong and they will ignore your side just because they have more people on there side so basically it's like being in school

Overall
My experience working at Sanoh America, I wasted to much time and effort for a company that truly doesn't deserve me in the first place they never treated me right I was always just a number no matter how hard I worked.

I was enthusiastic when I hired in to my position even though it was through a temporary agency and the pay was about six dollars less an hour than I had made in similar job situations. When I hired in I was told that priority was quality however, I quickly caught on to the fact that it was not an important issue with this company. I was moved from job to job and received little training in any of them you must learn your job yourself this includes how to use computer systems and what is expected from you both quality and production wise, because what they say and what they do does not match. Every review date that was scheduled for me did not happen in fact after 6 months I was still waiting for a 3 month review. When issues were brought up with managment they were blew off and no action was taken. The plant floor was unsafe and the walkways stayed blocked it would be hard to get out of some places in the plant in a timely manner in the case of emergency. The people on night shift were forced to work without heat and air often and lights were turned off in both the bathrooms and break rooms giving a sense of fear when you had to enter dark areas of the plant. I also seen people reprimanded for going to the rest room, and witnessed people cussed at by managment even as far as to see one supervisor throwing around heavy shipping containers,where workers were present. None of the jobs I worked in was overly challenging in fact most were simple. Production was easy to obtain if you stayed at your work station and were provided with what you needed to get your job done ,however more times than not you would be down alot of time due to maintenance issues or material issues. The hardest part of the job was knowing that this company did no value their employees at all. This is reiterated in the fact that the office environment wa kept at comfortable level while shop floor workers especially on the afternoon and night shift were forced to work in uncontrolled heat and cooling. and often the temperature on the floor was from one extreme to the other.

-My day consists of  troubleshooting many very different types of machines. I am the  Lead Technician on dayshift B crew with 4 co-workers under me. I organize the calls to get them done as fast and correct as possible. Proper PPE  is used when troubleshooting electrical problems. Proper safety equipment is used for acid pump repairs, zinc line repairs. I am extremely well rounded person in just about every category. I have been the youngest Technician at every plant I've ever worked at.
- I have really sharpened my electrical troubleshooting skills due to my current company has a lot of electrical cabinets with no prints or wires labels on anything. We have everything from new equipment to the oldest equipment. I can normally find the issue, I use a laptop for Omron, Allen Bradley, or  Mitsubishi PLC troubleshooting. I am a good Fabricator and welder.
- I Enjoy my job at Sanoh but we've had 4 different Maint. supervisors in 2 years. 
- The hardest part of the job is trying to troubleshoot multiple electrical cabinets with to prints/ labels with all the same color wiring.
 I enjoy working on all machines, I enjoy helping my co-workers troubleshoot machines. I always double check my work and am a Firm believer in do it right the first time. I follow through on tasks and ask operators if they have problem areas. I've made many line improvements at this job and others to reduce down time.

I'm hoping to Find a company that can use my skills and really see what I am capable of.

I started working for Sanoh America of Scottsboro,AL. in 2013 and not even into day two they expected me to know what I was doing and start putting out parts like everyone else,they didn't even give me time to get in the rhythm of things and learn what needed to be done. They started moving me around from machine to machine,not even giving me a chance to learn anything I had to move to another area,needless to say I lasted a year before the big bosses came to do a sweep and they got rid of me on the spot before the big boss even came in.
Managment was more worried about how the company looked,than how the company would produce,and if they were producing bad parts. The equipment was old and barely even ran and when it did run it put out bad parts and you got blaimed for it. There was people leaving the company every week. Management also plays favorites,if your not their favorite you get ignored and eventually get the boot.

PS. If they really want to get rid of you they will make up anything bad about you to send to their corporate office.

The job isn’t hard but you do work a lot of hours if the place isn’t staffed. Management will have you cross trained on several machines. That is to your benefit once the overtime slowed down, if you like a little overtime every now and then. Days off must be requested and used as vacation. You don’t get PTO, VTO is EXTREMELY rare. You don’t get personal days. They work on a point system. You have an emergency? It’s a point. You get hurt on the job and have to go to the hospital? It’s a point. There is no “grace” period to clock in or out. You will be pointed accordingly. You can clock in 15 minutes early or clock out 15 minutes late. Clock out early or clock in late, that’s a point. After so many points, that’s termination. Regardless of how long you been there. Regardless of your history in the plant. Go by the rules and it’s not a terrible place to work. 

Sanoh is the worst factory I've worked. Training is done by co-workers that have no desire to do their own work let alone train the endless turnover of new employees. Management is non existing even at beginning of shift when you are trying to figure out your job for the shift. Most of the time co workers decide your job and naturally you get stuck doing jobs they don't want to do. Not to mention co workers could care less if you know how to do the job they volunteered you for. The work and building are extremely dirty, and the few t-shirts they provide are of little compensation. Expect to be self trained or have a co worker make your job an 8 hr nightmare. If you happen to be in click with lower management you will get extra attention and an ok to stand around playing on the phone. If your not in the click you get wrote up and points for using phone. All in all unfair wages, work assignments, management, co workers and overall work environment.

To keep this short, and simple.. Just don't bother here. This place is a joke. Typical factory in scottsboro. Drama is so bad here. Even if you just clock in do your job and clock out, somehow you will be involved. HR is a joke. They do not care if you are a full time student. Point system is very outdated. Have to use vacation to be able to do anything doctor related. Supervisors are literally terrible. The worst people about drama, they do not have your back unless you are a favorite. No incentives to working here except a paycheck. It's a black hole of death, just avoid it unless you are desperate. Do not trust anyone. Literally anyone. You can lose your job at the drop of a dime. Employees have lied and made others lose their job over the smallest things. Compared to the other factories in town, the pay is seriously lacking. Work isn't hard, jobs are easy, but God forbid you aren't a favorite amongst management. They will see to it you are walked out the door. 

On Friday February 24th a production worker pointed out to me that part of an assembly was not up to proper specifications and removed the defective parts from the line. I immediately repaired this portion of the machine to bring the assembly back to proper specs. Supervision and Quality Control was notified per instructions. QC did not respond. Two supervisors inspected the parts. I showed the second supervisor personally how the parts were defective and not up to our customers specifications. Both supervisors instructed production to send the parts to the customer in order to make the JIT delivery. I respectfully objected and was ignored.
Five days later I was dismissed from the company being told that I was not learning all of the equipment in the plant in a timely manner even though I had not yet been fully trained on all of the different machines.

A typical day is figuring out what machine you'll be assigned to for the day. You'll pretty much be creating your products, while you wait around for the quanity to finish. Math/measurements is emphasized in here, so please be aware. It's pretty laid back and you can head to the bathroom/get a snack while your machine is running. Having a co-worker to watch your machine is encouraged as these machines spits out parts every second. The Environment is helpful, if you need help with anything such as labeling, pushing a cart, etc. co workers are there to help out. The hardest part of this job is trying to fix your machine if it breaks down considering these machines are pretty old. If there is one thing I will say that I really loved about this facility is that management is EXTREMELY understanding. If things are not working for you in hours, shifts, job placement, they're willing to a help in any way.

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